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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sujit Magar, Shrirampur, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for classifying files may include (i) identifying a point in time before which there is a non-zero probability that at least one file within a group of files has been classified by a security system, (ii) identifying, within the group of files, a file with a timestamp that indicates the file was created or modified before the point in time, (iii) assign, based on the timestamp of the file, a classification to the file that indicates the file is not trusted, and (iv) perform, by the security system, a security action based on the classification of the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.